MGMT's Kids is one of those still-ubiquitous electronic pop anthems that can instantly transport us to a simpler, more carefree, pre-streaming age. But few know that the song, the third single from the band's 2007 debut Oracle Spectacular, had long been a staple of the duo's very early live performances
Newly unearthed footage from 2003, uploaded by Rad Scientist on YouTube captures the pair - Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser - in embryonic form, performing a live set to mark Zonker Harris Day (April 20th) at the university where the pair met and started the band; Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut
The footage, features an extended version of Kids - and sounds every bit as buoyant and infectious as the later Grammy-nominated studio version -a jaw-dropping five years ahead of its commercial release.
VanWyngarden and Goldwasser perform the track with irresistible enthusiasm and energy, as the footage below shows. The crowd size is notably small, particularly when compared to the massive festivals they'd play by the end of the decade. But boy, does that tiny crowd look like its having a blast.
The performance is interspersed with the pair battling with a red-painted tree branches - very much living out a live-action music video
